Arizona Fishkeeping seeks to provide practical information on how to be a "fishkeeper" and about just what it means to be a fishkeeper rather than just someone who happens to keep fish. What it means to be an aquarist rather than just someone who has an aquarium. This site includes freshwater information, plants, salt water, corals, as well as the fish, shrimp, crabs, and other things that live in our tanks. We try to make the videos and the articles helpful and short so that they are useful. If you want deeper information we can provide ways for you to discover that as well. The goal is to promote the hobby and help people have fun doing it....
The first thing we should understand is that live rock is not actually alive, it is rock, sometimes coral skeletons or fossils of such, but it is not actually alive. This title refers to the bacteria, and other life that dwells on and within the rock. The posi...
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Below are listed four very hardy corals, some information about their care, feeding, and behavior. There are other corals that are relatively easy to care for, but really none so easy as these four. They are listed by the names they are most commonly calle...
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One of the most frequently asked questions by new reef tank owners is, "what should should I get in my clean up crew and how many?" The clean up crew, commonly abbreviated CUC, is composed of several different types of animals, usually snails, hermit crabs, an...
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